08 MARCH 2016www.automobilemag.com
Rolls-Royce plans aluminium space frame platform for 2018
Edited by : AL CIRCLE
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Following in the footsteps of parent company BMW, Rolls-Royce announced the development of a future vehicle platform composed of a lightweight aluminium space-frame.
Like the new BMW 7-Series, which uses a new chassis almost entirely composed of aluminium and lightweight carbon composite material, the new Rolls-Royce chassis will put particular emphasis on reducing the amount of mass lugged around by the big V-12 engines. Rolls will use this architecture to underpin their entire lineup, beginning in 2018.
According to noted auto experts, the new chassis architecture is destined to find its way under the bodywork of all future Rolls-Royce models, including the forthcoming Cullinan SUV. This means the Phantom, the Ghost, the Wraith, and the Dawn should all see a substantial drop in weight when this new platform makes its rounds through the lineup.
Rolls says the space-frame architecture will soon be tested out on public roads, to determine if the space-frame design can still allow the car to deliver a ride-quality up to snuff with what customers have come to expect of cars wearing the Spirit of Ecstasy.
Like the new BMW 7-Series, which uses a new chassis almost entirely composed of aluminium and lightweight carbon composite material, the new Rolls-Royce chassis will put particular emphasis on reducing the amount of mass lugged around by the big V-12 engines. Rolls will use this architecture to underpin their entire lineup, beginning in 2018.
According to noted auto experts, the new chassis architecture is destined to find its way under the bodywork of all future Rolls-Royce models, including the forthcoming Cullinan SUV. This means the Phantom, the Ghost, the Wraith, and the Dawn should all see a substantial drop in weight when this new platform makes its rounds through the lineup.
Rolls says the space-frame architecture will soon be tested out on public roads, to determine if the space-frame design can still allow the car to deliver a ride-quality up to snuff with what customers have come to expect of cars wearing the Spirit of Ecstasy.
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